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Bathing?

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  • 05-13-2007, 01:48 PM
    VesuviusVicki
    Bathing?
    I have seen several posts about bathing your snakes. I understand about the stuck shed thing, but do you guys bathe your bp's on a regular basis? He has a large water bowl but he never goes in it that I see. I have yet to bathe him. :oops: Got him in March and he has had one shed at the end of March. I have my humidity at a steady 60%. Thanks! :)
  • 05-13-2007, 02:47 PM
    Jay_Bunny
    Re: Bathing?
    I do not personally have a BP, but of the snakes I do have, I do not bathe any of them on a regular basis. They only need it when they have stuck shed or some other kind of problem. If your snake needs to, it will use the waterdish on its own.
  • 05-13-2007, 04:15 PM
    qiksilver
    Re: Bathing?
    sometimes it will help the snake relieve itself, but usually people may soak their tropical snakes, usually not ball pythons. I will soak my brazilian rainbow boa when I need to, but we had a tough winter with really low humidity, and even with a humidifier we had problems. but back to your question, its not really necessary to soak a bp unless there's a stuck shed, or unless humidity is low and you want to proactively soak them in moderation when they go blue to try and avoid problems
  • 05-13-2007, 08:54 PM
    VesuviusVicki
    Re: Bathing?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by qiksilver
    sometimes it will help the snake relieve itself, but usually people may soak their tropical snakes, usually not ball pythons. I will soak my brazilian rainbow boa when I need to, but we had a tough winter with really low humidity, and even with a humidifier we had problems. but back to your question, its not really necessary to soak a bp unless there's a stuck shed, or unless humidity is low and you want to proactively soak them in moderation when they go blue to try and avoid problems

    Thanks :D
  • 05-14-2007, 06:06 AM
    frankykeno
    Re: Bathing?
    We don't bathe or soak the BP's unless there's a specific reason. If a snake's messed in their wastes and gotta stinky, if a shed is stuck, a female coming off her eggs or a newly hatched BP, other than that these aren't snakes that soak or swim as a regular part of their natural lives.
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